If Phoenix was Jean, rather than Jean the Phoenix, it does mean that her development under Claremont can be hand-waved away.

Jean's capacity for rage is present in the story from the moment she's ripped from the safety of her Jamaica Bay cocoon, but her immediate fall...

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...when one of his student's most inner desires was just a nod of his approval.

Erik's grief–and turn to alcohol–are seriously gut-wrenching to read, a testament to how believably Claremont paints his hoped-for redemption in the Trial alone.

There's a real tenuous sense to...

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¡Hace tiempo que no hago stream!
Es estupendo hablar con todos ustedes después de todos estos días. ¡Hablaremos de nuevo mañana!

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...especially when Claremont makes SURE to comment on his weight notwithstanding, the man is at least given the opportunity to die in peaceful satisfaction of his valor.

Nimrod teleports away and Tessa extends amnesty in Shaw's name to the team so that both may escape detection.

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...to highlight the ultimate heroism of his final sacrifice.

For a C-list-at-best member of the Hellfire Club, Leland is given a fairly moving and honestly tragic send off as Claremont narrates these final moments of his life.

The optics of his death ending in heart attack...

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...against his behaviors in UXM

The outcome of his fall in battle remains unclear as the tension in battle shifts toward Harry Leland's last stand in defense of his species.

Claremont has put a lot of energy toward identifying Leland's cowardice, a criticism that works...

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..."meat" of the mutant metaphor–the concept of mutants as a monolithically oppressed sub-group of humanity–really clicked.

The allegory has always been present in Claremont's Run, but UXM is one of the earliest moments that worst of humanity is the enemy of all mutants...

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- Hablaremos en otros términos... - 👹


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Who's the best Daredevil writer? I think it's easy to say that it is Frank Miller. But who else is out there for other comics?
Avengers? Roger Stern
X-Men? Chris Claremont
Iron Man? David Michelinie

What about Cap? Gruenwald? Batman? Miller again?

Thoughts, comments welcome.

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...from the skies.

True to form, Claremont pauses the issue long enough to give Jessica–the latest in a line of editorially-spurned Claremont heroines–a moment to call Julia Carpenter out for sullying her good name, even if her gumption is nothing in the face of Julia's powers.

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...at some ease while outside, the Freedom Force arrives on scene and attacks.

Joined by a sort-of-newly-minted Spider-Woman Julia Carpenter (like here to give Jessica Drew something to angst about, as is Claremont's favorite thing to do with his disparaged female characters)...

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...is one of those "I don't care what they say about ___, you're alright in my book" liberals.

For a man as seemingly untrusting of gov't institutions as Claremont (see: Sentinels, Freedom Force, Magneto's Trial, Ronald Reagan), his Run features an awful lot of "not all cops"...

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Good evening everyone, let's read some comics!

Tonight, we're reading Uncanny X-Men "Freedom is a Four Letter Word" (what four letter word? Idk!) our latest installation of Claremont's Run.

UXM feels like a return to form for a book recently besieged by Trials...

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...ultimately overpowers them.

One of Claremont's main arguments across the Run is that humanity is derived from our relationships (he establishes Katie as a well of strength for Logan throughout the book), which is why the revenge-driven Lady Deathstrike falls to Logan.

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...Claremont is able to plainly establish how terrifying–and inhuman–Logan is throughout the issue.

To make Kurt animalistic, Claremont had him howl at the moon.

To make Logan the same, he had Katie Power look on in fear.

Katie's other function in issue is to serve...

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The first trade paperback I bought was this 1987 collection of the Wolverine mini-series by Claremont, Miller & Rubinstein.
Lovely cover by Frank Miller.

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I finished Red, White and Royal Blue some days ago and sketched Alex and Henry ❤️💙

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Magnolias in Half Light

▪︎Richard Claremont▪︎

- oil on board
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Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Nanashi, 2021)

Pues no, no ha hecho un Claremont. Se acordó del par de tramas que dejó abiertas y empieza una saga inesperadamente humana de desarrollo de sus personajes (Y convirtiendo el manga en un pseudo-spokon en un giro muy loco).

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...time is award to the woman who escapes by merit of her own wit and strength a number of Arcade's traps.

More than capable (in true Claremontian fashion) of surviving Arcade is quite the skill to list on the resumé, but the woman is ultimately rescued by Kurt.

As gloomy...

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